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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Application filed February 18, 1916. Serial No. 79,161.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGISMUND L. FIEUx, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in boxes of the character that may be securely sealed to prevent access to the contents without indicating that the package has been opened and has for its object to provide such a box which while protecting the contents until the box is opened will also provide a closing device or cover for the opened box.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 illustrates in perspective the two members of a box constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing said members separated; Fig. 2 is a view of the complete box in its closed condition; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the box after the same has been opened; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the manner in which the outer member of the box is adapted to serve as a cover or readily detachable closure for the inner member.

The invention is particularly adapted for the manufacture of boxes made of paper and such an embodiment thereof is illustrated in the drawings. As shown in Fig. 1, the box comprises an inner and an outer member, each formed from a single sheet or blank. The inner member has an open side or is of tray-like form comprising a bottom 1 and sides 2, 3, 4 and 5. In the form of the invention illustrated, the blank is so bent that each of the sides is of double thickness and the folded portions of the blank are united to the body thereof by paste or other suitable means so that the receptacle is given the desired strength.

The outer member of the box is, as shown in Fig. 1, formed tubular or hollow and is adapted to completely envelop the inner member. After the inner member has been positioned within the outer member the flaps 6, 7, at the ends of the sides of the latter are properly folded and secured together so that the box is completely sealed and access can only be had to the inner member or the contents thereof by opening or removing a portion of the outer member. The two members are not secured together or interlocked except that as stated the inner member is completely enveloped by the outer member.

To assist in removing the side 8 of the outer member which closes the open side of the nner member, the body of the blank formlng the outer member is weakened in a suitable'manner about the perimeter of the side 8 as by providing a series of perforations 9. By this means, it is possible to readily detach the side 8 and gain access to the contents of the'box.

The two members of the box may be bodlly separated after the side 8 of the outer member has been removed and by reversely applying the outer member to the inner member it is adapted to serve as a removable closure or cover as represented in Fig. 4:. That is, when the side 8 of the outer member is detached the other sides 10, 11 and 12, connected as before described by the members 6 and 7, form a substantial counterpart of the inner member of the box which can be telescopically fitted over said inner member to serve as a cover for the same.

It will be seen that according to the present invention a box can be cheaply constructed and when the parts have been assembled and the sections 6, 7, of the outer member properly connected, the contents are completely sealed and access thereto only had by breaking or removing the side 8. This insures that the contents of such a box will be received as originally packed and in case a plurality of articles are packed in the box and it is desired to dispense or remove them separately instead of selling the package as a whole, the outer member of the box may, as described, be employed as a cover for the inner member to protect the contents until the box is completely emptied.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

1; A box comprising an inner member having an open side, and an outer member completely enveloping the inner member and having its parts permanently connected. so that access to the inner member is normally prevented, the side of the outer member that closes the open side of the inner member being separable from the body.

2. A box comprising an inner member having an open side, and an outer member completely enveloping the inner member and having its parts permanently connected so that access to the inner member is normally from a similar blank folded to completely 10 envelop the inner member and having its parts permanently connected, the side of said outer member extending across the open side of the inner member being so connected with the body that it may be readily detached to 15 permit access to the interior of the box.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SIGISMUND L. FIEUX.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Iatenta, Washington, D. G. 

